whaler

Speech parts

1. whaler - Noun

2. Whaler - Proper noun

Meaning

A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mariner collier seafarer seaman ship yacht fantastic amazing tar rogue slaver beachcomber boat lighter immense
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Antonyms

king common heavy normal poor bad
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Hypernyms

jack mariner gob seafarer seaman ship

Hyponyms

factory ship

Phrases with the word

Murrumbidgee whaler whaler's delight whaler shark

Anagrams

Hawler Wahler

Examples

I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey. Parker Stevenson

Delbanco (2005), 27 1839–1844: Years at sea On May 31, 1839, Gansevoort, then living in New York City, wrote that he was sure Herman could get a job on a whaler or merchant vessel. Source: Internet

Matthiessen (1941), 431 Background Autobiographical elements Moby-Dick is based on Melville's actual experience on a whaler. Source: Internet

In 1775, the whaler Herald found the Octavius adrift near Greenland with the bodies of her crew frozen below decks. Source: Internet

Franklin put the question to his cousin Timothy Folger, a Nantucket whaler captain, who told him that merchant ships routinely avoided a strong eastbound mid-ocean current. Source: Internet

Sightings by whalers Captain George B. Worth of the Nantucket whaler Oeno sighted Howland around 1822 and called it Worth Island. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

whaleman whalemeat Whalen whaler shark whaler's delight whalery